Sinikka Mirjam Kurkinen (born 1935) is a
Finnish
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painter.
She studied in Helsinki and Paris.
Kurkinen was born in
Joutseno
Joutseno () is a former town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Southern Finland and is part of the South Karelia region.
The municipality was unilingually Finnish. Joutseno was consolidated with Lappeenranta on 1 Ja ...
,
South Karelia
South Karelia ( fi, Etelä-Karjala; sv, Södra Karelen) is a region of Finland. It borders the regions of Kymenlaakso, South Savo and North Karelia, as well as Russia (Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast).
Historical province
''For his ...
. She gave her first exhibitions in
Imatra
Imatra is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. Imatra is dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and the border with Russia. On the other side of the border, away from the centre of Imatra, lies the Russian town of Svetogorsk. ...
in 1955 and in Helsinki in 1958. Her works can be seen at
Ateneum
Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station. It ha ...
, the Imatra Museum of Art and in various other locations all over the country.
Kurkinen is an honorary member of the Imatra Art Association. She has won many awards during her career, including the Art Prize of Imatra in 1983.
References
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CV(in Finnish)
1935 births
Living people
People from Lappeenranta
21st-century Finnish women artists
20th-century Finnish women artists
Finnish women painters
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